EU and CARICOM : Dilemmas Versus Opportunities on Development, Law and Economics

Investigating the unique EU-CARICOM legal relationship, this book explores the major theme of globalisation, which shapes inter-regional organisations individually and determines their relationship to one another. It evaluates how EU-CARICOM relations have fostered trade, security and other development measures, reflecting on the past, future and present of the Caribbean states that are active in the EU-CARICOM framework. Providing case studies on key issues such as immigration, tax and energy, it examines the impact that the EU-CARICOM has on the slave trade and the deportation of millions of people. Such bitter experiences still indirectly shape culture, hopes and the economic framework of possibilities today; therefore, the focus of the volume is on the issues which the constant stream of globalisation creates. The book assesses many potential impacts that the agenda of the EU and Brexit pending will have upon the EU-CARICOM relationship, given the potential for these to create instability. Overall, it highlights how the EU and CARICOM are representations for multilateralism and serve as models that provide the basis for many successful initiatives and agreements. In all new agreements and negotiations, the will to accept the Sustainable Development Goals and thus to make inequality, climate change and other goals of the SDGs the basis of an order that puts people at the centre, are evaluated, and the global agenda 2030 and its impact on EU-CARICOM. Overall, it highlights how the EU and CARICOM are representations for multilateralism and serve as models that provide the basis for many successful initiatives and agreements. In all new agreements and negotiations, the will to accept the Sustainable Development Goals and thus to make inequality, climate change and other goals of the SDGs the basis of an order that puts people at the centre, are evaluated, and the global agenda 2030 and its impact on EU-CARICOM. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of contributors Foreword from the Editor-in-Chief for the gLAWcal Book Series “Transnational Law and Governance”, Routledge Publishing – Professor Paolo Davide Farah Foreword from the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice – The Honourable Justice Mr Adrian Saunders List of abbreviations Introduction 1 The EU-CARICOM in context Part I Brexit and EU-CARICOM relations 2 The impact of Brexit: in search of a new legal order? 3 The impact of the UK’s Brexit on anti-suit injunctions Part II Trade and security in EU-CARICOM 4 EU-CARICOM trade law as a tool for development? 5 Building a digital anchor: a legal perspective on a prospective improvement of electronic data interchange in maritime trade 6 European Union and CARICOM: current challenges and potential solutions in the energy and investment sector Part III Taxation and immigration in EU-CARICOM 7 Select jurisprudence of the CJEU and CCJ: a comparative perspective 8 From haven to blacklist: UK, EU and Caribbean cooperation on tax avoidance, after Brexit 9 Impoverished law: a review of Trinidad and Tobago’s Immigration Act Part IV Sustainable development and regional governance issues in the EU-CARICOM 10 CARICOM regional integration and challenges in maritime law – a case study of Guyana’s offshore energy developments 11 SDGs and their impact on African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of states and CARICOM – soft law on its way through the legal order 12 National Champions and their impact on trade, trade policy and SDGs 13 Charting a path to sustainable development: goals of CARICOM and the EU Conclusions 14 Reflections for the future Index Investigating the unique EU-CARICOM legal relationship, this book explores globalisation, which shapes inter-regional organisations individually and determines their relationship. It evaluates how EU-CARICOM relations have fostered certain development measures, reflecting on the Caribbean states that are active in the framework.